Timothy R Lauger

Real Gangstas

Legitimacy, Reputation, and Violence in the Intergang Environment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For eighteen months, Timothy R. Lauger interviewed and observed a mix of fifty-five gang members, former gang members, and non-gang street offenders. Through this research, Lauger is able to understand and explain the reasons for gang membership, including a chaotic family life, poverty, and the need for violent self-assertion in order to foster the creation of a personal identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780813553740
• ISBN-10: 0813553741
• Artikelnr.: 36393243

Autorenporträt

TIMOTHY R. LAUGER is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Niagara University.

Inhaltsangabe

Gangs and their environments
Joining a gang
The dilution narrative: an understanding that some gang members are not
"real"
The paradox of legitimacy
Known in Naptown
Teenage gossip and the presentation of self
The violent encounter
Hope, intervention, and tragedy
Appendix: Researching gangs